Hi there,
I bought a new Galaxy S6 D), and I'll have it in day or two.
I have to ask - what is the first thing to do after I have the phone in my hands?
Charge it until the battery is full? Or can I use the phone immediately?
I think I charged first then connected the sim card and turned on
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Mine came with about a half a battery worth of charge. I turned it on, popped the SIM in, went through all the startup stuff. By the time I was done with playing for an hour I hadn't went below 25%; then I charged it.
Insert SIM card, charge the phone, buy a screen protector and protective case, update software via OTA, transfer contacts, install apps, and Enjoy the Phone.
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Recently, I was using the GPS on my tbolt while driving, with a car charger, when I noticed that the battery icon had a question mark in it. A few minutes after arriving at my destination, the phone died, and will not charge or turn on. The orange charging icon does not turn on, regardless of what charger I use (official or otherwise). My girlfriends Incredible charges fine with the same charger. I took the phone to the store, and they didn't have any luck either, however, I didn't see them try another battery. They got me on the line with a rep to do a warranty return, and the new bolt should be here on Tuesday, and I have to ship my broken one back within 5 days after that.
The phone is rooted with CM7 on it. If they are able to turn it on, they will immediately see that it is rooted (custom splash, boot animation, etc..) My question is, has anyone had this issue? Is it fixable? Have you ever sent a rooted phone back under warranty? What happened? Should I try a new battery first? I'm not sure if the light should come on regardless of whether the battery works or not.
Any input is appreciated. I've read about people sending back rooted phones, but not for this issue.
It's more than likely a bad battery. Most Verizon reps are retarded when it comes to their phones (pretty sad right?) My girlfriend got her Eris's battery wet (a loooong time ago lol) and it got the question mark in the battery icon.
I don't think the light will come on without a battery.
As far as sending a rooted phone back, I'm not sure. If there is any way you could get your hands on another tbolt or rezound battery, I would try that.
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Try a different battery.
If you send back a rooted phone the worst that can happen is that you'll be billed full price for a new one.
Hi guys,
I recently ran into this problem after I woke one morning to my alarm clock blaring for about half an hour, the phone was pretty hot but not unbearably hot. I took out the battery and left the phone to cool down til trying to boot again, when I did the phone booted fine but it soon shut off again 5-10 seconds into loading into android. I assumed the heat knocked the charge out of the battery / something went wrong with the reading of the battery (as it read like 85%) so I just plugged it into the charger and left til it said it was full. It doesn't shut off by itself and works fine while on the charger regardless. But as soon as I unplug the phone dies within a few seconds. So I turned off the phone and let it charge overnight, woke again to the same issue and the battery reading 85% again. Before I booted back up though I tried the "Wipe Battery Stats" thing in CWM hoping that maybe it would fix it after I fully charged but it made no difference. Also I found that the phone is able to run off the charger when I severely underclock it to 250MHz but obviously it's too damn slow for every day use at that speed. As soon as I clocked it up to 480MHz it had the same issue again. I forgot to mention I was rooted with CWM, unlocked bootloader and on stock rom. After this I decided to revert to my pre-root back up rom from CWM and I still had the same issue.
The final thing that seems to make it work is removing the sim, I tried booting this morning without sim and the phone functions flawlessly even while under a heavy stress test without turning off. So I tried inserting another sim, this one not active. Issues start up again...
Any Ideas guys? Seems to me like if the phone is pulling "too much power" the phone auto shuts itself off. But then the SIM thing perplexes me, not really sure how it all affects.
Lastly, do you think I can still claim on my warranty? I've had this phone for just under a month and it's still in perfect condition... I really don't want to switch back to my chopped and screwed Motorola Flipout. But atleast that thing could handle the overheating pretty damn well. Also I didn't get this on contract I bought it outright from a reseller as a prepaid phone.
In the Netherlands, the warranty for a phone battery is set to six months by law, just contact HTC, and find out.
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Hello All!
Three days ago I updated my GS3 to JB 4.1.1. I also ODIN'd TWRP onto my phone as a recovery and loaded SuperSU with an unlocked bootloader onto my phone along with BusyBox. I fell in love with my phone again as JB ran smoothly and I was even able to use Wallet Installer to get Google Wallet onto my phone. However, tonight, my phone seemed to experience a case of Sudden Death Syndrome. A common issue found by googling why my phone's failure to respond to boot commands and power commands.
It will not respond to attempts to boot into ODIN mode, my TWRP recovery and the only sign of life on my phone is a solid red LCD that lights up only if I remove the battery and leave the device plugged into a wall charger. Once I try to reinsert the battery, however, the LCD goes away and the phone once again turns into a coffee coaster. It's taking a lot of strength not to throw it against the wall. (I picked the worst week to quit smoking.)
I don't believe I hardbricked the device because three hours ago at the time of this post, I went to sleep and the phone was working and I was able to send and receive messages. I believe that rooting my phone actually made it even more stable than normal. I just can't believe my phone could just suddenly die. Could it be another case of Sudden Death Syndrome? (Corrupted NAND?) I bought this phone in August and many cases of SDS for the GSIII seem to occur within 150-200 days of activation, which would put me in that window. If I answered my own questions, please feel free to tell me. I'm just trying to explore all options as an exasperated user dealing with what seems frustration after frustration and the one release I have from that stress just **** a brick.
I am covered by Asurion Insurance (and if the crack on my screen will not be enough I plan on running it over with my car for good measure to get my money's worth) but I really do not want to have to file an insurance claim unless it is absolutely necessary.
Phone died just last night 12/29/12. The battery was running down, then beeped once like a warning to charge it. Plugged into the charger and no light whatsoever! The battery icon would come on for a second and then nothing. Left it on the charger over night. Nothing. No red charging light, no boot. Pulled the battery and re-plugged into charger. Same charging icon on screen but nothing else. Tried every combination of removing battery, sim card, memory card, and plugging it in to the charger and still won't boot. Tried a different charger and also my laptop. Nothing. The S3 is a USA Verizon variant. 16gb. Black. I guess it's off to Verizon this morning to get a new phone. Phone is only 45 days old!!!
You could try leaving it on the charger for a couple hours then booting into recovery and reflashing your rom. I've seen a couple instances reported on xda where the battery simply just gave up below 23% and refused to turn back on.
Edit: example, not even a couple weeks old...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2056539
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If it is a case of "sds" Samsung will replace the board for free.
Ryno77 said:
If it is a case of "sds" Samsung will replace the board for free.
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Only reports of SDS in the 150-200 day time frame that I saw was with the International Version and it is completely different motherboard.
What do you kids do to your phone? How old are you? I'm going to start a survey. Age please?
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Update: Brought the S3 into Verizon. They pulled the battery (Like I did a few times!) and somehow got it working again!! FM ! Phone reboots and turns off and then back on. BUT..... if you turn it completely OFF and plug it in to charge then the same as I mentioned happens again. STRANGE. The only way to get it to reboot is to pull the battery and keep it out for about 30 seconds. Put the battery back in and it'll reboot again!!!! Is it me or is this a strange quirk???? The previous times I pulled the battery it was out then back in. This time I took it out, waited 30 seconds and VOILA! It works. Thought you might like an update. Verizon S3 bought on 11/17/12. Rooted and not oc/uc'd. Using Clean Rom 5.5.1
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Only reports of SDS in the 150-200 day time frame that I saw was with the International Version and it is completely different motherboard.
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That's good news..thanks for the correction.
Last month, my Nexus 5 died.
My battery was around 20% so I plugged the phone in to charge it. About 30 minutes later, I decided to check my phone to see if there were any texts or calls. I unplugged it and went outside with the phone. The phone restarted and displayed the black battery screen and shut off right after. I tried to charge it afterwards, but ever since then I was never able to get it to turned on.
I ordered a new battery from Amazon that took almost a month to arrive from China. Popped the battery in today and still no luck with the phone. Left it to charge for hours just to be sure; same problem.
What are some suggestions I can do to fix my phone? I bought the phone brand new off craigslist back in August 2014 with no problems, so I doubt I have any warranty. I was thinking about buying another Nexus 5 with a cracked screen for $50 off a guy near me. He says his phone turns on and functions. Would there be any problems such as bad IMEI or so if I swap parts over to my perfectly looking phone? I wanted to swap parts and see which piece would be defective causing my phone to not boot up.
Thanks.
How's the motherboard?
After searching more, it seems my motherboard might be the problem. When I plug my phone into my computer, it shows up in device manager as qhsusb_bulk. I was running cyanogen after I got my Nexus 5 in August 2014 until January when it just died. Hopefully replacing the motherboard will solve it.
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Hi all. I'm really hoping that you all can help me out here. I have an At&t LG G3 D850 and I had to replace the SIM/SD card reader on my phone because pins for the SD card reader were bent and would not recognize my SD card, but it recognized my SIM card just fine and I was able to use my phone. I took my phone to a repair shop and they ordered a replacement SIM/SD card reader and replaced it for me on my phone. After they replaced it, my phone began to overheat to the point where I would receive a popup on my phone stating, "High temperature detected. Device will be turned off for your safety if the temperature rises higher. Please use after a while." and then about 30 seconds later, the phone shuts itself off. I've tried a second OEM battery that I have as a backup, I've tried doing a Factory Reset, I've even tried flashing back to stock firmware, but this continues to happen. I installed CPU-Z and found that the temperature of my phone was running at about 127° F. I let my phone cool down over night, with no battery installed and now when I put the battery in and turn the phone on, it boots up and then shuts down with no warnings. I've had this phone since it came out and I've never had any issues with my phone, especially no overheating issues, until I took it to have the SIM/SD card reader replaced. Aside from taking the phone back to the repair shop and demanding they fix it, what can I do to fix this? I know that I can find a replacement board on eBay for like $50, but I don't want to put more money into my phone. Thank you all, your assistance is greatly appreciated.